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[House at the corner of Dorrance Street and Cedar Street, owned by Ellis Comfort]

His son Ellis “Skeetz” Comfort then became owner of the house. Ellis Comfort operated a livery stable behind the house and rented carriages for special occasions, such as funerals. Skeetz had an antique repair shop behind the house until it burned in the early 1990s. It is claimed that a candy store had also operated in the repair shop.

Tags Bristol Borough, Cedar Street, Dorrance Street, people, small business, transportation, unidentified

[Flooding of the Delaware River, showing water at the end of Cedar Street into the Mill Street parking lot]

Tags Bristol Borough, Cedar Street, Delaware River, disasters, Mill Street

[On back of photograph]: "Foot of Cedar Street," [Mill Street Parking lot flooded by Delaware River]

Tags Bristol Borough, Cedar Street, Delaware River, disasters, Mill Street

[French soldier reenactors at the Historical Society where they were hosted by BCHF]

Part of a group of people who portrayed French soldiers who marched from Rhode Island in 1781 to Yorktown, VA to help Washington defeat the British at the Battle of Yorktown. This was the 225th Anniversary. This group followed the original route used by the French. They stopped in Bristol as it was part of the route. They camped on the property of the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation (BCHF) at 321 Cedar Street for those nights.

Standing left with hand on sign is event coordinator Harold Mitchener and past president Tillie Vanalsen on the far right.

Tags Bristol Borough, Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation (BCHF), Cedar Street, celebrations, people, United States--History--Revolution 1775-1783